Rosie Elliott
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| sport = Track and Field
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|11|6|df=yes}}
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| pb = 100 meters: 11.57(2022)
200 meters: 22.81 (2023)
400 meters: 52.16 (2023)
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Rosie Elliott (born 6 November 1997) is a New Zealand sprinter with national and Oceania titles at 400 metres, the national record at 200 metres. She represented NZ at the 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships.{{Cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/new-zealand/rosie-elliott-14518908|title=Rosie Elliott|website=World Athletics}}
Career
=Early career=
Elliott was a promising junior athlete but stepped away from the sport after moving to Dunedin to study anatomy at the University of Otago. In October 2019 Elliott ran 11.68s for 100m, her first time under 12 seconds and putting her second in the national rankings behind Zoe Hobbs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/athletics/unexpected-100m-pb-leaves-elliott-stunned|title= Unexpected 100m PB leaves Elliott stunned|website=Otago Daily Times }} In 2020 Elliott won silver medals at the New Zealand national championships in both the 100m and 200m races, before several injuries curtailed her 2021 season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/athletics/%E2%80%98when-it-rains-it-pours%E2%80%99-elliott|title=When it rains it pours for Elliott|website=Otago Daily Times}}
=Step up to 400m=
In February 2022 Elliott transitioned to the 400m and won both the New Zealand national championships and the Oceania Championships. She started to close in on the national 400m record{{Cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018840412/rising-star-of-the-track-only-recently-took-on-the-400-metre|title= Rising star of the track only recently took on the 400 metre|website=Rnz.co.nz}} and qualified for the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/lockerroom/rosie-elliott-nzs-new-track-sensation?amp=1|title= Rosie Elliott - NZ's new track sensation|website=Newsroom.co.nz}}{{Cite web|url=https://i.stuff.co.nz/sport/women-in-sport/300632486/rosie-elliott-times-her-run-perfectly-for-crack-at-world-athletics-champs|title=Rosie Elliott times her run perfectly for crack at world athletics champs|website=I.stuff.co.nz}}
=2023 new PBs and national record=
On 28 January 2023 Elliott ran a personal best time for the 400m of 52.16 at the Cook’s Classic in Whanganui.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/athletics-elated-athletes-score-personal-bests-despite-miserable-conditions-at-whanganuis-cooks-classic/XVC5Q5NHNZHHVANBTEABODR5ZQ/|title=Athletics: Elated athletes score personal bests despite miserable conditions at Whanganui’s Cooks Classic|website=NZHerald.co.uk|date=28 January 2023|access-date=20 February 2023}} On 19 February 2023 she set a national record in the 200m running 22.81 at the International Track Meet in Christchurch. At the same meet she equalled her personal best in the 100m, winning in 11.57.{{Cite web|url=https://athletics.org.nz/rosie-elliott-blitzes-to-new-zealand-200m-record-in-christchurch/#:~:text=Earlier%2C%20Rosie%20Elliott%2C%20offered%20further,both%20posted%20season%20best%20times|date=19 February 2023|title=Rosie Elliott blitzes to New Zealand 200m record in Christchurch|access-date=20 February 2023}}
References
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Category:New Zealand female sprinters
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for New Zealand